Tools and methods for creating, structuring, and analyzing digital texts (e.g., OCR, TEI/XML, NLP). Methods include manuscript transformations and editing, scholarly digital editing, distant and mid-range reading.
How can scholars use computational and digital methods to advance their research without sacrificing the interpretive, nuanced, and contextually situated stance of the humanities and humanistic social sciences? The DH Practicum course challenges students to think of their humanities research materials as data without reducing them to data.
This tutorial will focus on the translation of Chinese Buddhist texts into English. Texts will be drawn from a variety of time periods, traditions, and genres. Students will gain familiarity with Buddhist Chinese, and the themes and conventions of Buddhist texts.
This course explores classical Tibetan literature and religious systems through a variety of genres in the original Tibetan texts.
Introducing the history, theory, and methods of Digital Humanities. Students will learn the interdisciplinary origins of DH, debate contemporary issues, and explore opportunities at UVA. The course will cover a range of specializations including humanities computing and critical code studies, data visualization, mapping and spatial analyses, and digital archives and preservation. This course is a requirement for the Graduate Certificate in DH.
